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OpenJDK is the place to collaborate on an open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition, and related projects.

There are two OpenJDK streams:

• JDK6
  
• JDK7
  

CentOS and OEL include a java-1.6.0-openjdk rpm in their yum repos and you can find java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin rpms for Fedora 9,10 & 11 at:

• http://www.icewalkers.com/rpm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin/fedora-core-9/
• http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin

You can test your OpenJDK Java SE plugin is working by running the java jre jvm demo examples that can be found at:

• http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.5.0/demos/plugin/applets.html
  

Oracle Sun Java have announced betas of Java SE 7 and Java EE 6 !

• Java SE 7
• Java EE 6

Java SE7 will have :

• comprehensive support for file I/O
• Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) to support stream connections over InfiniBand fabric
  

Oracle Enterprise Linux (and Oracle VM) is freely RE-distributable !
http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Unbreakable+Linux

Yes, it's free download but also free to re-distribute including copyrights and trademarks, see the EULA for more details.

And theres now a public yum server for OEL that offers a free and convenient way to install packages from the Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM installation media via a yum client.

With WordPress VideoPress you can just upload a video, we’ll “crunch” it into several different formats just right for sharing on the web, DVD quality, HD quality, and even formats optimized for iTunes and Miro. Preview your uploaded video, then embed the video and publish your post.

• http://wordpress.tv/2009/05/13/introducing-videopress-for-wordpress-com/
• http://videopress.com/
• http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/videopress/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video/
• http://code.trac.wordpress.org/
  

Cuil is the world’s biggest search engine.

The Internet has grown exponentially in the last fifteen years but search engines have not kept up—until now.
Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as M$.

I've just started helping to develop a CloudMade OpenStreetMap puzzle called map-saw and a spin off jigamap.

If you have a spare moment and are interested in maps, games and puzzles please take a look and let  us know what you think.

Tropical Weather maps and visualisations

• http://www.skeetobiteweather.com/picservice.asp?t=m&m=08
• http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/flash-bd.html
• http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-avn.html
  

moblin is the new mobile gnu/linux distro

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) (or PCI DSS) is a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security, was developed by the founding payment brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc. Inc. International, to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.

The PCI DSS is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures. This comprehensive standard is intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data.

For example Section 6.5.A of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) Requirements and Security Assessment Procedures says :

Obtain and review software development processes for any web-based applications. Verify that processes require training in secure coding techniques for developers, and are based on guidance such as the OWASP guide (http://www.owasp.org).

PCI DSS RoadMap

• http://www.pciassessment.org/roadmap-to-compliance.php

PCI DSS Free Libre Open Source ecommerce related links

• http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page
• http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Session_Management
  
• http://drupal.org/project/securepages
• http://www.ubercart.org/docs/user/2731/credit_card_settings
• http://www.ubercart.org/forum/bug_reports/4962/pci_dss_session_handling_encryption
• http://www.oscommerce.com/
• http://demo.oscommerce.com/
  

PCI DSS DIY Audit

• pci-dss-auditing-linux-apache-php-mysql-with-nessus-4
  

Commercial Toolkit

• PCI-DSS-Compliance-Made-Easy-with-GoToBillings-PCI-Toolkit

UK Electronic Payment Directory

• http://www.electronic-payments.co.uk/
  

ArgoUML is the leading open source UML modeling tool and includes support for all standard UML 1.4 diagrams. It runs on any Java platform and is available in ten languages. ArgoUML was installed half a million times during 2005 and is in use all over the world.